Environmental Compliance, Waste & Water Management worked example

Scrap Landfill Cost at 110% landfilled scrap share: a worked example

What does the result look like when landfilled scrap share reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. an environmental or operations manager needs to budget or compare scrap landfill cost

The inputs for this scenario

  • Scrap sent to landfill: 42 tons (unchanged)
  • Landfill tipping rate: 132 $ / ton (unchanged)
  • Landfilled scrap share: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Scrap hauling and container fees: 540 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable cost = scrap sent to landfill × landfill tipping rate × landfilled scrap share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6,638 $ for total scrap landfill cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 158 $ / ton for landfill cost per scrap ton.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6,098 $ for variable scrap landfill cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 540 $ for scrap hauling and container fees.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where landfilled scrap share sits at 100% and the headline result is 6,084 $, this scenario comes in 9.11% above the baseline at 6,638 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when landfilled scrap share is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a single blended tipping rate and does not credit any recycling revenue, so it shows gross disposal cost rather than net cost after recovered-material sales.

Results at a glance

  • Total scrap landfill cost: 6,638 $ (headline result)
  • Landfill cost per scrap ton: 158 $ / ton
  • Variable scrap landfill cost: 6,098 $
  • Scrap hauling and container fees: 540 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Scrap Landfill Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.